Up in the morning for a trip to the Oregon State Aquarium.
It was really interesting. We saw the sea lions being fed and doing tricks for
fish, like waving, standing on their front flippers and doing somersaults.
The
otters were fun to watch too, very inquisitive and quite show off-ey. One kept
bringing shells to the window and banging them on the glass for us.
One of the
otters was being a bit…well…rude… and it was amusing listening to people who
hadn’t worked out what he was up to commenting on how cute he was. We walked
through the glass tunnel with sharks and rays going overhead, and saw the
resident octopus. She was very cool –she kept changing colour from almost white
to deep red.
We went from the aquarium to Newport harbour and wandered up and
down the street looking at shops and watching the fishing boats. Under the pier
there were sea lions basking. The males were quite controlling of the females –
one was using his wife as a pillow and yelled at her every time she moved. We
saw the shrimp factory churning out millions of little cocktail shrimp.
Leaving Newport we drove south to Yachats. We stopped for a
look at the Devils Punchbowl – a deep crack in the cliff that the waves rush
into and smash up into the air.
We walked down the cliff to have a look and
followed the trail around the headland for a bit, then back up. It was a lovely
walk. Then on to the Carl G Washburne State Park for the night – again a
gorgeous state park. We parked up and went for a walk down the beach and back. At
Newport it was almost like a line was drawn across the coast. North is wet and
forested with cliffs and south is drier, more open and more sand dunes. We
could actually see looking North, about two headlands up, the line – grey sky
suddenly giving way to sunshine and clear skies. Really strange!
We enjoyed the
sunshine and the beach, then back to the RV for freshly shucked oysters and
sparkling Muscat.
oysters and muscat yummmmy
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